The Sea-Wolf (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)
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The Sea-Wolf (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)

Hailed by critics as one of the greatest sea stories ever written, this rousing adventure offers a fascinating combination of gritty realism and sublime lyricism in its portrayal of an elemental conflict. Jack London began his career at sea, and his shipboard experiences imbue The Sea-Wolf with flavorful authenticity.
In the story, the gentleman narrator, Humphrey Van Weyden, is pitted against an amoral sea captain, Wolf Larsen, in a clash of idealism with materialism. The novel begins when Van Weyden is swept overboard into San Francisco Bay, and plucked from the sea by Larsen's seal-hunting vessel, the Ghost. Pressed into service as a cabin boy by the ruthless captain, Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a brutal shipboard drama. Larsen's increasingly violent abuse of the crew fuels a mounting tension that ultimately boils into mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation.
Read and loved around the world, this 1904 maritime classic has influenced such writers as Hemingway, Orwell, and Kerouac.

  • TitleThe Sea-Wolf (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)
  • BrandDover Publications
  • ManufacturerDover Publications
  • BindingPaperback
  • ProductGroupBook
  • ItemPartNumberWI-TheSeaWolf-vg
  • ReleaseDate1999-12-23T00:00:01Z
  • UnitCount1
  • FormatUnabridged
  • UPCs800759411085
  • EANs0800759411085